Additional sales and custom taxes in Pakistan—not to mention double-digit inflation—have quintupled the cost of importing secondhand clothing, affecting the 100,000 people who find direct or indirect employment from the trade. (Fibre2Fashion)

Why is Vogue promoting a vegan diet on the one hand and gushing over “crazily glamorous furs” on the other? Consistency, thy name isn’t Anna Wintour. (Change.org)

British chancellor George Osborne’s cri de coeur for “made in Britain, created in Britain, designed in Britain, invented in Britain” must have bemused many young designers, considering how the reputation, quality, and ubiquity of U.K.-made garments have quietly peaked in the past decade. (The Telegraph)

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“I think what we’ve all discussed in this industry many times is that there are complications with making anything green. We want to help designers take the very first step. We want them to be more and more green as time goes on.”